From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!.POSTED.blaine.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Eric Abrahamsen Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.bugs Subject: bug#37078: 27.0.50; Proposal: new introductory section to the Gnus manual Date: Tue, 22 Oct 2019 12:58:00 -0700 Message-ID: <878spck0xj.fsf@ericabrahamsen.net> References: <87sgpym539.fsf@ericabrahamsen.net> <878spcn9d6.fsf@gnus.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Injection-Info: blaine.gmane.org; posting-host="blaine.gmane.org:195.159.176.226"; logging-data="66476"; mail-complaints-to="usenet@blaine.gmane.org" User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/27.0.50 (gnu/linux) Cc: 37078@debbugs.gnu.org To: Lars Ingebrigtsen Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Tue Oct 22 21:59:12 2019 Return-path: Envelope-to: geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([209.51.188.17]) by blaine.gmane.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.89) (envelope-from ) id 1iN0JD-000HBO-56 for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Tue, 22 Oct 2019 21:59:11 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:43336 helo=lists1p.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1iN0JC-0006kU-1z for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Tue, 22 Oct 2019 15:59:10 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::10]:40840) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1iN0J5-0006kF-BH for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 22 Oct 2019 15:59:04 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1iN0J4-0002Lu-8F for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 22 Oct 2019 15:59:03 -0400 Original-Received: from debbugs.gnu.org ([209.51.188.43]:51691) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.0:RSA_AES_128_CBC_SHA1:16) (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1iN0J4-0002Ll-5X for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 22 Oct 2019 15:59:02 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-debbugs by debbugs.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1iN0J4-0004X9-2o for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 22 Oct 2019 15:59:02 -0400 X-Loop: help-debbugs@gnu.org Resent-From: Eric Abrahamsen Original-Sender: "Debbugs-submit" Resent-CC: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Resent-Date: Tue, 22 Oct 2019 19:59:02 +0000 Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: help-debbugs@gnu.org X-GNU-PR-Message: followup 37078 X-GNU-PR-Package: emacs Original-Received: via spool by 37078-submit@debbugs.gnu.org id=B37078.157177429117358 (code B ref 37078); Tue, 22 Oct 2019 19:59:02 +0000 Original-Received: (at 37078) by debbugs.gnu.org; 22 Oct 2019 19:58:11 +0000 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:60512 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1iN0IE-0004Vu-Mh for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Tue, 22 Oct 2019 15:58:10 -0400 Original-Received: from ericabrahamsen.net ([52.70.2.18]:33612 helo=mail.ericabrahamsen.net) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1iN0ID-0004Vh-7G for 37078@debbugs.gnu.org; Tue, 22 Oct 2019 15:58:09 -0400 Original-Received: from localhost (c-73-254-86-141.hsd1.wa.comcast.net [73.254.86.141]) (Authenticated sender: eric@ericabrahamsen.net) by mail.ericabrahamsen.net (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 73F11FA028; Tue, 22 Oct 2019 19:58:01 +0000 (UTC) In-Reply-To: <878spcn9d6.fsf@gnus.org> (Lars Ingebrigtsen's message of "Tue, 22 Oct 2019 16:27:33 +0200") X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.18 Precedence: list X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.2.x-3.x [generic] X-Received-From: 209.51.188.43 X-BeenThere: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org List-Id: "Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors" List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: "bug-gnu-emacs" Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.bugs:170007 Archived-At: Lars Ingebrigtsen writes: > Eric Abrahamsen writes: > >> I'll post this to gnus.general in a second, as well. > > Looks good to me, but: > >> Mail message composition starts with =E2=80=9Cm=E2=80=9D in the *Group= * buffer, or =E2=80=9Cr=E2=80=9D >> if you=E2=80=99re replying to an existing message. Because mail is sen= t with >> SMTP, which is an entirely separate process from the mail-reading >> servers, it must also be configured separately, with the option >> `message-send-mail-function=E2=80=99 (see XXX). > > There's no configuration necessary for sending email -- Emacs will > prompt you for what you want to do. And sending Emacs isn't part of > Gnus, anyway... Okay, that makes sense. I've been gathering together comments from various sources, and will polish up another version this weekend. Not very pressing...